— bawdily , adv. — bawdiness , n.
/baw"dee/ , adj., bawdier, bawdiest , n.
adj.
1. indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories.
n.
2. coarse or indecent talk or writing; bawdry; bawdiness: a collection of Elizabethan bawdy.
[ 1505-15; BAWD + -Y 1 ]
Syn. 1. lascivious, salacious, prurient, earthy, risqué, ribald, coarse, licentious, raunchy.